Addfwyn

joined 2 years ago
[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There a couple very specific eras of JRPGs that hold a very special place in my memory.

The Super Famicom era around games like Chrono Trigger is the peak for me though. I remember I got it as a gift totally by mistake, my parents had meant to buy another game but got possibly my favourite game of all time instead. I can still go back and play that game and it holds up just fine.

PS1 era Squaresoft was also pretty much a golden era for me, Xenogears was a pretty massive influence on some of my younger intellectual development.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Spec Ops: The Line is probably the first example that comes to mind.

They get a bad rap because of the sometimes fascist leaning fanbase, but paradox grand strategy games do let you play whatever side you want. Everytime I tried Hearts of Iron (admittedly my least favourite paradox game), I played as the USSR.

Some of the Metal Gear games, though that's still "the good americans vs the corrupt government" which isn't really ideal either.
Yakuza 3 features CIA as one of the villain factions.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I am generally in this camp as well; my attitude in my online life pretty closely mirrors that in my real life. People who know me in person know I am an active communist, that even includes some of my bosses, nobody really cares.

I am not going to give out my specific address more than is available in my profile, but I just make it a point to not post anything online that I wouldn't tell a stranger in person. If I post it online and somebody traces it back to me...I don't particularly care. Doesn't mean I want to start getting NAFO death threats, but they also have the attention span of a termite.

If there is something I really cared about keeping private, I just don't mention it to anybody anywhere.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

There's no good here, it's a non-applicable use of that saying.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

He could have, at the bare minimum, used the leverage he had coming out of the primaries to try to affect the democrats platform to some degree. It would have been a drop in the bucket honestly, but the bucket is bone dry. Instead he just spat on everyone who supported him and threw everything in behind Biden of all people.

His message may have been one part of my early radicalization process, and I am thankful for that, but he's never truly cared about anything except funneling stray liberals who have been just a bit too left for the party's liking.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I suppose the fact he is running as a Green rather than a Dem makes that a little less likely. I could easily be wrong, but I don't think a Green (at least in recent memory) has turned into a Democrat cheerleader. Whereas Sanders was running as a dem and just served to try to funnel a few more left-leaning votes back into the far-right.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 2 years ago

How could they be racist!? Look at all the precious artifacts they uh...saved from other countries and put in their museums for safe-keeping. Truly only with the most noble of goals.

Obviously they deserve a medal. Have they acquired any medals from a colony they can award themselves yet?

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)

"this global south nonsense".

Does he not think those countries exist? Or does he disagree with the term, which goes back to at least the 60s as far as I am aware, he makes it sound like some kind of new communist propaganda.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stay as safe as you can, is there any possibility you could get out? For the obviously material safety reasons, but also some of the stories about how the post-war economy is likely to go is extremely concerning.

I realise not everybody can just drop what they are doing and gtfo, so I hope you stay as safe as possible regardless.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 years ago

Nope, and I have had way better hot dogs in other countries anyway.

Unless we are talking about native cuisine (which I would consider separate from the US empire) the best american culinary contribution is probably cajun food. Which is a pretty unique blend of cultures with local ingredients, and also absolutely delicious.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 24 points 2 years ago

We have had our arguments over territory, but by and large the average person here have never had a very anti-Russian point of view to begin with. It was a pretty popular language to study for business reasons, because we do so much trade with them. We also don't have much of a connection to Ukraine.

I think a lot of the Japanese opposition was more a "war is bad" point of view, as opposed to "russia is evil". Which results in people just wanting a resolution as soon as possible. On the other hand there's not a good understanding of the circumstances that caused the war, and the news doesn't really report on it. So there are still plenty of people who think Putin woke up one one day and decided to invade for no real reason. They just would still prefer the killing stops now.

[–] Addfwyn@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For imports, metals, coal, oil, gas. Which makes it pretty readily apparent why our energy costs have skyrocketed. We actually get a lot of seafood from Russia as well, which may surprise people who assume we just get our own fish. Salmon and roe primarily, I believe.

Exports were largely cars or car parts.

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